Flowers
Annuals, cut flowers and the flowers that bring bees into the vegetable bed, with sowing times for each zone.
Sunflowers from Seed: A Complete Australian Growing Guide (Including the Sunbird Variety)
Sunflowers are one of the easiest, most cheerful flowers to grow from seed. How to choose a type, grow the heirloom Sunbird, and harvest the seed.
Self-Seeding Flowers That Come Back Every Year in Australian Gardens
The cottage and native flowers that drop their own seed and return year after year, the few that need watching near bushland, and how to keep a patch reseeding itself.
How to Grow Zinnias from Seed (and Keep Them Blooming All Summer)
Zinnias are easy from seed, but most stop flowering early for one fixable reason. Learn how to keep them blooming all summer, and when to sow by climate zone.
Cosmos from Seed: Sun, Lean Soil and a Garden That Reseeds Itself
Cosmos are one of the easiest flowers to grow from seed in Australia. Learn when to sow by zone, why lean soil means more flowers, and how to keep them blooming.
Growing Calendula from Seed: A Hardy Winter Flower for Every Australian Garden
Calendula is one of the easiest hardy flowers to grow from seed in Australia. Learn when to sow by zone and how to keep this winter bloomer flowering.
A Beginner's Guide to Growing Annual Flowers from Seed
Annual flowers are the fastest, most forgiving way to start a garden from seed. Here are the easiest to grow and when to sow them by Australian climate zone.
Everlasting Daisies: The Toughest, Most Rewarding Australian Native Flower You Can Grow from Seed
Everlasting daisies are tough, water-wise native flowers that grow easily from seed, feed pollinators, and dry beautifully. Here is how to grow and use them.
Dahlias from Seed or Tubers: An Australian Beginner's Guide
Seed or tubers for your first dahlias? One is cheap and full of surprises, the other gives you the exact flower. Here is how to choose for an Australian garden.
Eight Easy Cut Flowers to Grow From Seed in Australia, For Armfuls on a Budget
A cut-flower patch from seed is the cheapest way to fill the house with flowers. Here are eight easy, productive flowers to grow, and when to sow them by Australian climate zone.
Stop Growing Vegetables On Their Own: The Flowers That Bring The Bees Your Zucchini Needs
A bed of leaves and no flowers gives bees little reason to visit. Which flowers to sow among the vegetables for pollinators and pest-eating insects, when to sow them, and the one spray rule that protects the bees you invite.
Flowers to Sow in September for a Summer Full of Colour
Hardy annuals can go straight into the ground this month, while the heat lovers may need a few more weeks in pots. Here is the September flower list for every Australian zone.